Why "Spoken Word" Makes me Nervous - Sideways [24:52]

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And next up on the docket, a caffeine-fueled, paranoid rant about poetry.And I want to really clear something up here, I'm not complaining about all Spoken Word.It's just, when you have something that could be Rap, but is called Spoken Word, then what... And next up on the docket, a caffeine-fueled, paranoid rant about poetry.And I want to really clear something up here, I'm not complaining about all Spoken Word.It's just, when you have something that could be Rap, but is called Spoken Word, then what are we really getting from that?Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 I'd like to give a very special thanks to DrJazzfist on Twitch, @PressStartLock on Twitter, and Joe (you know who you are!) for all contributing to this video, whether they realize it or not.Sources:The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John SeabrookCreating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity by Richard PetersonGrand Slam Poetry Champion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxGWG... Hip Hop vs Spoken Wordhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JMnZ... Rap vs Spoken Word: Rudy Rudacioushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t38gw... Drake Acapella Freestylehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2oQd... Elvis Presley & The Black Communityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1pX... Akala: The History of Cultural Appropriation In Black Musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58wqA... Big Mama Thorton - You Ain't Nothing but a Hound Doghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvbSX... Little Richard - Tutti Fruttihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVItt... Cultural Appropriation Interview: Elvishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQFz... The Grapevine | Is Bruno Mars a Cultural Appropriator?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9NTv... Bruno Mars is a Culture Vulture *TRIGGERED*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2FJ... Knockoff Youtubershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ds2V... Here's Three Stories About YouTube Plagiarismhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDtJ7... Mohammed Kammah And Noor Kadry - Egyptian Jingle Bellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yws4z... Leylet Eidhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-AYz...